Ofi Mo,
Well, i don`t even know where to start because we`ve had a lot of
things happen with our investigators. So in the last two weeks
we`ve found some really positive people and a few of them have accepted
baptismal dates and we plan on putting quite a few more dates with people this week. The
most positive is a family of 4, N___ is the mom, J___ the dad and two kids. We were contacting in
this neighborhood and we decided to go to the end of the street to look
at some houses that collapsed from all the flooding, and from there we decided to start contacting and we were going to contact the people in this
one house, but the lady was dead asleep on the couch so we passed it by, but
then my comp said "no we have to contact this house, i don`t care if she`s
asleep." So we contacted them and they are super
positive. We taught them about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and
then on next appointment we put a fecha (baptismal date) with them for the
26th of January. They have been able to come to some
activities and they really enjoyed them.
Also our first week together, Elder Perez and I found this other family and
taught them and it was ok, they said we could come back and teach some more, but we
got busy and couldn`t make it to the next appointment and we kinda
forgot about them for a week, then while we were planning one day i
remembered them, and we decided to go see how they were doing. We got there and they
were busy, but we put another appointment together, and this time we showed up and we were able to teach them. We
got there and there was a new person there who is super into religion and
goes to bible study all the time, and after some initial discussion, when we started teaching about the
restoration, she went completely quiet and just sat there listening
intently. We finished teaching and asked if they would like a Book of Mormon to read, and everyone said they wanted their own personal one,
even the 12 year old kid wanted one haha. It was cool because many times
people just fight you on everything you
say, but they accepted everything we said and they want us to come back
to explain more. The family consists on the grandma E_____, the niece Q_____, the nephew, and the daughter M____. Plus they all have
other family members that we hope to be able to teach.
So while on divisions with the ZL`s we contacted this one lady but she
didn`t have time to listen, so we just left a pamphlet and said we would
come back in a few days. I went back with my normal comp and we asked
for the lady, but her daughter came out and said that she was busy
cleaning and didn`t want us to help her, so we asked the daughter if she knew who
we were and we started teaching her. Turns out she is married and has a
family of 4, but that she left her church because it didn`t seem like
the type of church that would lead her to salvation, and she is super
interested in the Book of Mormon, We have another appointment with
her this week and i think we`re going to challenge her to be baptized
too. He name is V____, she`s cool and super positive.
Sadly one of our fechas, M_____, who came to church and everything,
is now in the hospital because they have to operate on her because she
has some messed up ____ and she needs surgery so we don`t
know how long she`s going to be there, but we plan on visiting her
with some members to see how she`s doing.
We have one investigator, N___ is his name, who is definitely going
to get baptized. We taught him once and he came to church once and then
he went out and bought a white shirt and tie and is calling himself a
Mormon already. He came to church again yesterday, and we asked him how
our church compared to the others he had visited, and he said that our
church was like a real church where you can receive eternal life. He really likes the church
and is making some friends.
So Elder Perez and I randomly decided that we wanted to have a group night,
so that all our investigators that couldn't come to church could come and meet
members and have a good experience in the church. We planned the group
night for this past Thursday. It
went pretty well, none of the investigators we had in mind could come,
but we had some other investigators there and quite a few members and it was fun. We mixed
some messages in with some games to help them understand, and then we
made cookies (made by me and delicious) and some Tang (made by my comp
and nasty, haha) but it was a good time.
Well, you wanted me to share more about my comp... He is super tight! He
works hard, is obedient and just a way chill cool guy. We get along
super good and that`s super lucky because this change is a really long
one because of the mission office modified changes during Christmas time. This change
is 9 weeks long, the MTC all over again. I`m teaching him English even
though he already knows some but it`s fun. I`m loving this change so
much, we`re working hard and having a good time. Things are going really well, so now if i can baptize some of these positive investigators that`ll make it even better.
By the way i got the camera card and my debit card so you can
activate it, it is safely in my hands now, haha. Thanks for the pictures
and letters, i`ll send back my camera card loaded with photos and cool
videos, like my one year shirt burning and the tire-throwing Olympics on
video where i almost hit Elder Brown, haha.
New Years Eve was pretty cool here. It was on p-day so as a zone we went
to the beach to hang out and we built a sand castle and made a doll
thing like all the Panamanians do, and we put the doll in the sand castle
and we blew it up with fireworks inside of it, it was sweet. Then that evening, Elder Perez and I went to the store and we pigged out on snacks, and we
went to this high bridge to watch the fireworks at midnight. For New Years Day we went to the branch president's house for breakfast and after that it was a normal work day.
That's all i got for you this week, i hope it made up for a super
short letter last week. One thing i`m learning here is the power of
sharing your testimony because with everyone we have been sharing our
testimony, but not in a shy way, but in a way that they realize that we
have the authority of the Savior, and we know without a doubt it is true, and lots of
times that`s all that is needed to help someone, the nudge from a strong testimony. I love you guys and i miss you. Brit, i hope everything goes well and that
the baby comes out fast, painless, and super healthy! I`m prayin for ya!
Love,
Elder Pfister
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